DETAIL A COCKPIT

There is an old saying in the scale RC community (coined by the scale guru, David Platt) that goes: “You never finish a scale model, you just stop working on it.” This basically means that the modeler himself decides what degree of scale fidelity he wants his model to have. Some will build a beautiful model with accurate markings, but without any surface details, such as panel lines and rivets. Others will do all the external eye candy, but will leave the cockpit with just an instrument panel. You can do whatever you want. If you do want a full cockpit treatment, then here’s what you can do.

INTERIOR DECORATING

My newest project, a 1917 French Nieuport 24, is a simple design, so I wanted to go the extra mile and add a relatively complete cockpit interior. And while I was at it, I added a scale cockpit coaming to frame the judges’ overall view. Here’s how I